Strong G568ἀπέχω

to have in full

Transliteration
apechō
Pronunciation
ap-ekh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and G2192; (active) to have out that is receive in full; (intransitive) to keep (oneself) away that is be distant (literally or figuratively): - be have receive.

Detailed definition

ἀπ-έχω
[in LXX chiefly for רָחַק;]
1. trans.,
__(a) to hold back, keep off;
__(b) to have in full, to have received (on the " punctiliar " force of the compound, see M, Pr., 109, 247): with accusative, Mat.6:2, 5 6:16, Luk.6:24, Php.4:18, Phm 15 (for illustr. from π., where it is used in receipts, see Deiss., BS, 229; LAE, 110 f.; MM, see word); impers., ἀπέχει (Field, Notes, 39), it is enough: Mrk.14:41.

2. Intrans., to be away, distant: absol., Luk.15:20; before ἀπό, Mat.14:24 15:8, Mrk.7:6, Luk.7:6 15:20 24:13. Mid., to abstain: with genitive, Act.15:29, 1Ti.4:3, 1Pe.2:11; before ἀπό, Act.15:20, 1Th.4:3 5:22.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G568 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be6
  • abstain6
  • have4
  • receive2
  • that1

First verses

  1. Matthew 6:2
    Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  2. Matthew 6:5
    And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  3. Matthew 6:16
    Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  4. Matthew 15:8
    This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
  5. Mark 7:6
    He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
  6. Mark 14:41
    And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  7. Luke 6:24
    But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
  8. Luke 7:6
    Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
  9. Luke 15:20
    And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
  10. Luke 24:13
    And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
  11. Acts 15:20
    But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
  12. Acts 15:29
    That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
  13. Philippians 4:18
    But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
  14. 1 Thessalonians 4:3
    For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
  15. 1 Thessalonians 5:22
    Abstain from all appearance of evil.
  16. 1 Timothy 4:3
    Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
  17. Philemon 1:15
    For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
  18. 1 Peter 2:11
    Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπέχω,
future ἀφέξω, and [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.572) ἀποσχήσω:)]aorist ἀπέσχον:— keep off or away from, αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.96, 277; ἑκὰς νήσων ἀπέχων εὐεργέα νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.33)]; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.324)]; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν.. αἶγας Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.20, compare 22; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν ταῦρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1125 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pr.” 687 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 with dative person, τοι.. χεῖρας ἀφέξω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.263.)]
3 with a preposition, ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 427 (Lyric poetry); ῥῖνα ἀπὸ κάκκης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 162.)]
4 c.accusative only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Pi.N. 7.61; ἀ. φάσγανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1519.)]
5 οὐδὲν ἀπέχει with infinitive, nothing hinders, debars one from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Cra.407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.433a.)]
II middle, κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.316; κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 141; ἀθανάτων ἀ. χεῖρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 350 (Lyric poetry), compare “Supp.” 756, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213d, 214d:)] —but mostly,
II.2 ἀπέχεσθαί τινος hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, πολέμου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.35, +others; βοῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.321)]; οὐδὲ.. σευ ἀφέξομαι will not keep my hands off thee,[Refs ([prev. work] 19.489; Δεκελέης)]abstain from ravaging [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 0.73, compare 1.66, 4.118, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20, etc.)]; keep away from, πόλεως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.10)]: in perfect passive, μηδὲ τῶν μικρῶν ἀπεσχημένον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.47; ἀγορᾶς ἀπεσχ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278a25.)]
II.3 with infinitive, ἀπέχεσθαι μὴ στρατεῦσαι abstain from marching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.25; λαμβάνειν ἀπέσχετο 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 94.3; ἀπέχεσθαι τοῦ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.3; οὐκ ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]: also with participle, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.43d.)]
II.4 absolutely, refrain oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.61.)]
III intransitive in active, to be away or far from, with genitive loci, τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ σταδίους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.97)]; ἀ.ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179,compare 3.26, +others; ἀπὸ θαλάττης.. δώδεκα δδὸν ἡμερῶν ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 11.3; ἀ. παμπόλλων ἡμερῶν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3; τὸ μέσον ἴσον τῶν ἐσχάτων ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 145b; πλεῖστον ἀ. κατὰ τόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 363a31; a). τὴν ἡμίσειαν διάμετρον [prev. author] Cael. 293b30, etc.)]
III.b project, extend, [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 781a11; τὰἀπέχοντα)]prominent parts, PA [Refs (655a32.)]
III.c ἀποσχὼν τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα σταδίους μὴ φθάσαι ἐλθώνfailing to arrinein time by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.3.)]
III.2 of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος οὐδὲν ἔλασσον were just as farfrom the discovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.67; τοσοῦτον ἀπέχω τοῦ ποιεῖν τι ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.70; τοσούτῳ πλέον ἡμῶν ἀπέχεις τοῦ πιστὰ λέγειν ὅσον.. [prev. work] 11.32)]; ἀπέχει τοῦ μὴ μετ᾽ ὀργῆς [πράττειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.41)]; πλεῖστον ἀ. τινός to be as far as possible from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.62)]; but τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τῶν χορηγῶν so far is it from the thoughts of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.59.)]
III.3 generally, to be far remoued from, πολιτείας, μοναρχίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289b2, 1293a17; τοῦ μέσου [prev. author] “EN” 1109a10.)]
III.4 differ from, οὐδέν τι ἀπεῖχε γαμετῆς γυναικός[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.16.4.)]
III.5 διαφύσιες.. ᾗσιν οὐδὲν ἀπέχει ἀγγεῖα εἶναι nothing is wanting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 10.)]
IV have or receive in full, τὴν ἀπόκρισιν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.50)]; τὸ χρέος ἀ. receive payment in full, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 55; χάριτας [prev. work] 51)]; ἀπέχω in receipts, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 612.2 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; ἀ. τὸν μισθόν[NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 22, NT.Matt.6.2, +others; καρπὸν ἀ. τῶν πονηθέντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 17; ἀ. τὸ μέτεριον [prev. author] 2.124e.)]
IV.2 impersonal, ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, [NT (NT.Mark.14.41, compare “Anacreontea” 15.33.)]